The average rating for Overcoming Murphy's Law - William C. Waddell - Paperback based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.
Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-14 00:00:00 Gregory Stafford Olga Averbuch hoped that the murder of her brother, Lazarus Averbuch, at the hands of Chicago Police Chief Shippy in 1908 not be forgotten -- and that his hopes and dreams, as a survivor of the Kishinev pogrom, impoverished immigrant to America, and laborer not be forgotten. Authors Roth and Kraus have fulfilled her long-ago wish by creating this thorough account of his death and the efforts -- by some very well-known Chicagoans like Jane Addams and Harold Ickes, and some of his fellow workers and neighbors -- to clear his name and comfort her. They do not solve the mystery of why Lazarus went to the police chief's house that day, and the only witnesses to his almost-immediate violent death are members of the Chief's family and staff. But they do paint a picture of life in Chicago for Jewish immigrants, for the political leaders like Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman who inspired them, and the hardships of daily life in a corrupt, violent and deeply prejudiced era. This book was the basis for a terrific novel "The Lazarus Project" by Aleksandr Hemon. |
Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-31 00:00:00 Daniel Hirsch A pretty decent book about how much power journalists really have, whether they know it or not |
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